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- Where the Renewables Are. // Electric Perspectives;Nov/Dec2007, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p32
The article reports the areas in the U.S. where renewable energy sources are available. Solar power is hottest in the Northwest and northern California, Montana, Nevada, and Utah. Biomass resources has the same abundance in California, the Northwest, the upper Midwest, northern New England and...
- Integrating Variable Renewable Generation in Utility Operations. Jones, Lawrence E. // Utility Automation & Engineering T&D;Apr2009, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p32
The article focuses on the challenges faced in incorporating wind and solar energy into utility operations. It also discusses the tools being developed in order to make it possible for utilities to incorporate variable resources while keeping grid reliability. It noted that utilities and power...
- Energies of the Future. // Scholastic News -- Edition 3;4/17/2006, Vol. 62 Issue 22, p3
The article describes the benefits of solar and wind power as energy sources. With solar power, sunlight is used to warm houses, heat bath water and even cook food. Wind power has the capability to generate electricity when wind turns the blades on a wind turbine. Solar and wind power produce...
- UTILITIES PROMOTE GREEN ENERGY. // In Business;Sep/Oct2004, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p8
The article discusses the utility of green energy. After market surveys revealed that customers of electric utilities had high interest in clean, renewable energy from biomass, wind and solar sources but low awareness of where and how to get it, utility companies got busy. Three Puget Sound,...
- Building a Smart National U.S. Power Grid. Pierce, Alan // Tech Directions;Apr2009, Vol. 68 Issue 9, p10
The author comments on U.S. President Barack Obama's pre-election promises which was to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil by increasing use of renewable energy to generate electricity. The author notes that Obama's goal is to increase wind, solar, and geothermal energy production...
- BRILLIANT SOLUTIONS. Yates, Dave // Contractor Magazine;Oct2005, Vol. 52 Issue 10, p27
Details the proceeding of the 2005 World Solar Congress sponsored by the International and American Solar Energy Societies in Orlando, Florida. Theme; Prediction on the growth of ethanol production for fuel; Reasons for investing in wind energy; Refutation of the notion that ethanol, bio diesel...
- AFFORDABLE POWER FOR THE PEOPLE. // National Wildlife;Apr/May2009, Vol. 47 Issue 3, p54
This article reports that the Virgin Island Conservation Society is trying to help lower high energy costs for the U.S. Virgin Islands by promoting the use of renewable power sources. An advocacy group is also promoting the use of solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean thermal energy. The group is...
- Renewable Energy: A New Technology? McGowan, John L. // Energy User News;Dec2004, Vol. 29 Issue 12, p6
Evaluates the viability of renewable energy sources in generating electricity for commercial use in the U.S. Sources of information regarding solar energy; Amount of electricity that wind energy can produce in 2005 according to the American Wind Energy Association; Capability of the geothermal...
- ACCELERATING COMMERCIALIZATION OF RENEWABLE HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES. Limback, Linda // BioCycle;Jul2006, Vol. 47 Issue 7, p41
The article reports the expected growth of renewable hydrogen industry in Minnesota, United States. Minnesota has the opportunity to advance a homegrown industry based on the production of renewable products and hydrogen. The success of its renewable energy industry widens its chance to develop...
